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“A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.” quote by Howard Hodgkin — Download Open image

“A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.”

Howard Hodgkin

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I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.

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